The third and final suspect in the homicide of University of Michigan student Paul DeWolf was arraigned on murder and home invasion charges Tuesday afternoon.

Dajeon Franklin, 21, of Pittsfield Township, is accused of being the man who shot and killed DeWolf on the night of July 23 in DeWolf’s bedroom at the Phi Rho Sigma medical fraternity, 220 N. Ingalls St. in Ann Arbor.

Franklin was arraigned Tuesday at the Washtenaw County Jail on charges of felony murder, two counts of first-degree home invasion, conspiracy to commit second-degree home invasion and being in possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf and he's being held without bond.

Clad in a green jail uniform on the jail’s video arraignment system, Franklin didn’t give much more than yes or no answers to questions posed to him during the hearing.

Kimberly Hearns, Franklin’s mother, said after the hearing her heart is broken for all the families affected by the case.

“It’s very emotional. I just pray for strength for both families,” she said. “Especially their family, as well as mine.”

Hearns said the last few months have been very difficult for her, as Franklin has gone through the court process on his last case. She said she hasn’t had a chance to speak with him since he reentered jail in November.

Two other South Carolina men — Joei Jordan, 20, and Shaquille Jones, 21 — have also been charged in DeWolf’s homicide. Jones pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree home invasion and one count of conspiracy to commit first-degree home invasion.

Franklin was arrested for the bond violations in Pittsfield Township, while Jones and Jordan were arrested in separate South Carolina cities.

Dajeon FranklinCourtesy of WCSO

Walter White, who represented Franklin in the previous home invasion case, has said multiple times throughout the months since Franklin reentered jail that his client maintains his innocence. White has said Franklin denies any involvement in DeWolf’s homicide.

Jones will serve a minimum of 18 years and nine months, with the maximum sentence to be determined by Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Archie Brown. Jones will testify against Jordan and Franklin, according to his plea deal.

Jones is scheduled to be sentenced on April 16 by Brown. Jordan’s trial date is scheduled for May 19. In separate police interviews, both men told investigators Franklin shot DeWolf.

According to court records and testimony, the three men broke into the medical fraternity late on July 23. DeWolf’s room was targeted because of a towel rolled up under the door.

According to records, the men believed the towel meant DeWolf had marijuana in his room; in reality, it was there to block air conditioning in the room from escaping and DeWolf was not known to use drugs.

When the men entered the room, DeWolf woke up, according to interviews played at Jones and Jordan’s preliminary exam. Jones said Friday DeWolf made a move for the gun in Franklin’s hand and Franklin fired one shot into the 25-year-old Schoolcraft, Mich. native’s upper body.

The bullet entered near DeWolf’s clavicle and exited through his back. He was found in a pool of blood in the room on the morning of July 24 after he didn’t show up for a scheduled shift at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.

DeWolf was entering his fourth year of medical school and was set to graduate in May. He was a reservist second lieutenant in the United States Air Force and was going to enter the service full time after graduation.

Franklin’s involvement in the homicide was first made public in November in relation to a separate case, for which he’s currently serving jail time.

Washtenaw County Assistant Prosecutor Dianna Collins said at a bond violation hearing that month that Franklin was a suspect in homicide in Ann Arbor. At the time, DeWolf’s case was the only open homicide investigation in the city.

Magistrate Thomas Truesdell, who arraigned Franklin on the murder charges Tuesday, gave Franklin a 10 percent of $2,000 bond in his previous home invasion case in May, allowing him to leave jail for $200. Franklin was on bond at the time of DeWolf’s death.

His bond was revoked on Nov. 13 because he was named as a suspect in the homicide case, along with multiple failed drug tests while on bond.

Franklin pleaded guilty to third-degree home invasion and two counts of stealing a financial transaction device for the previous case. That case stemmed from a May 4 home invasion in Ann Arbor where Franklin admitted to acting as a lookout for a woman who broke into an Ann Arbor home and stole items.

Franklin purchased items with credit cards stolen from the home and police were able to track the incident to him because he used his own personal Speedy Rewards card during the transaction.

The next court hearing for Franklin will be a preliminary exam at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 20 at the 14A-1 District Court in Pittsfield Township. The Washtenaw County Public Defender’s Office was appointed to represent him against the murder and home invasion charges.

Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for The Ann Arbor News. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@mlive.com or you can follow him on Twitter. Find all Washtenaw County crime stories here.